TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Portion (5)

6 Small part (5) 9 Lured (7)

10 Beg (5)

11 Incline (5)

12 Coat with fat (5) 13 Temporary stay (7) 15 Female deer (3) 17 Double (4) 18 Religious house (6) 19 Areas of land (5) 20 Come out (6) 22 Fairy (4)

24 Used to be (3) 25 Remainder (7) 26 Irritates (5)

27 Pale (5)

28 Noted (5)

29 Attack (7)

30 Skilful (5) 31 Raising agent (5)

DOWN

2 Empty (6) 3 Cause (6) 4 Finish (3) 5 Couch (5) 6 Annoys (7) 7 Lazy (4)

8 Large vulture (6) 12 Hand tool (5) 13 Scatter (5) 14 Taunts (5) 15 Challenged (5) 16 Eagle’s nest (5) 18 Galas (5)

19 Anti (7) 21 Gathered (6) 22 Sea-robber (6) 23 Monarchs (6) 25 Summarise (5) 26 Harvest (4) 28 Go by air (3)

ACROSS

1 Kind of court information? (5)

6 Head cooks, not all male (5)

9 Like a polite gesture to Curly, perhaps (7) 10 Quick reversal of vehicles (5)

11 Female character, so how could be a Mr? (5) 12 Start a wild binge (5)

13 The glass is falling, it seems (7)

15 A service not returned (3)

17 Is again a goddess (4)

18 Point to a finger in stone, say (6)

19 Cooked the French way? (5)

20 Rogue in black and red suits (6)

22 Just so much water (4)

24 Message also returned (3)

25 One fighting to make his mark? (7)

26 A great figure in geography (5)

27 It’s not a player’s forte (5)

28 Name for duck that’s not dead (5)

29 Someone important but incompetent? (7) 30 She’s outwardly a cackler! (5)

31 Being useless, it causes some loss to a doctor (5)

DOWN

2 Disturbance when there’s a drink to sup up (6) 3 Cleans the prison? (6)

4 A drinker from Lesotho? (3)

5 In succession, it takes gold to turn red! (5) 6 Stated to have medical potential (7)

7 It’s religious sung (4)

8 People with their own cricket? (6)

12 Suffer from burdens (5)

13 If you want good marks, stick around! (5) 14 Central Anglo Saxon king (5)

15 The champagne salesman’s daughter? (5)

16 One anaesthetic or three, possibly (5)

18 Puts on pointed ears? (5)

19 Decorative arrangement of notes (7)

22 But perhaps he’s not so dusty at his job (6) 23 Severe disturbance for stewards (6)

25 To prohibit someone in commonplace (5)

26 She shows some manners (4)

28 Nothing but Roman numerals, quite ancient (3)

EASY PUZZLE

ACROSS: 3, Claps; 8, Lithe; 10, Rider; 11, Sea; 12, Brood; 13, Started; 15, Place; 18, Ran; 19, Reefer; 21, General; 22, Rued; 23, Hero; 24, Stutter; 26, Switch; 29, Ewe; 31, Sheer; 32, Prodded; 34, Rites; 35, Ion; 36, Stump; 37, Annul; 38, Steps.

DOWN: 1, Lists; 2, Charred; 4, Lard; 5, Propel; 8, Sidle; 7, Hence; 9, Tea; 12, Beneath; 14, Tan; 16, After; 17, Error; 19, Rafters; 20, Grass; 21, Genie; 23, Heeding; 24, Script; 25, Two; 27, White; 28, Terms; 30, Venue; 32, Peep; 33, Don.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS: 3, s-CR-AM; 8, Bugle; 10, Damon; 11, Tea; 12, Apron; 13, Mimmify; 15, N-ear-S; 18, Bar; 19, Bitten (B-r-itten); 21, Seniors; 22, Igor; 23, Ramp; 24, Handles; 26, Fan-tan; 29, Gag; 31, Sides(men); 32, Le-ban-on; 34, As-cort; 35, Lag; 36, Pearl; 37, Sepi-a; 38, S-Even.

DOWN: 1, Cut up; 2, Clamber; 4, Cop-y; 5, Adonis; 6, Man-ET; 7, Lo-I-re; 9, Gem; 12, African (violet); 14, I-an; 16, Atlas; 17, Snaps; 19, Bridge-t; 20, Tiffs; 21, Sound; 23, Reg-ales; 24, H-assl-e; 25, Lab; 27, AI-Des; 28, Tears; 30, Bog-I-e; 32, Love; 33, Nap.